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Apollo 10 command module, call sign 'Charlie Brown'

Space Technology

1969

Apollo 10 command module, call sign 'Charlie Brown', by North American Rockwell Corporation, Downey, Los Angeles county, California, United States, American, 1969. Apollo 10, carrying astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan, was launched in May 1969 on a lunar orbital mission as the dress rehearsal for the actual Apollo 11 landing. Stafford and Cernan descended in the Lunar Module to within 14 kilometres of the surface of the Moon, the closest approach until Neil Armstrong and Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin in Apollo 11 landed on the surface two months later.

Pair of prosthetic limbs, for Thalidomide affected 9-year old child

Orthopaedics

1971

Pair of prosthetic limbs made for a child, Tracey Baynam, aged 9 years, affected by thalidomide, made by J E Hanger, United Kingdom, May 1971

Two bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1968

2 Bifurcated needles for use in smallpox vaccination

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television, 1969-1970

Radio Communication

1969-1970

Sony 'Trinitron' colour television set, model type KV-1320UB, manufactured by Sony, Japan, 1969-1970. Serial No. 505704

Apollo 11, Lunar Module 'Eagle', 1969.

Space Technology

1963-1969

Replica Apollo 11 lunar excursion module

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon l

Space Technology

1969

Apollo 11 Lunar Lander kit (21-7-69). First moon landing 1969.

Triumph Palm Beach, gent's bicycle, 23" frame, 196

Road Transport

1964

Triumph Palm Beach, gent's bicycle, 23" frame, 1964.

Black Arrow R4 launch vehicle, 1971.

Space Technology

1971

Black Arrow R4 1972

Diesel Locomotive Class 47 'Prince William'

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1965

Diesel Locomotive Class 47/4 No 47798 'Prince William'. Co-co 4 foot 8 1/2 inch gauge, built at Crewe by British Rail Crewe and Brush Ltd in 1965. Named 'Firefly' from August 1985 to March 1995; renamed 'Prince Willliam' in May 1995.

Poster of Valentina Tereshkova, First woman cosmonaut

Art

1963

Poster, translated as the Light of (or Long live) the (World's) first woman (female) Cosmonaut; issued by the Soviet State Publishing House of Decorative/Fine Arts Moscow, 1963. Slogan title in Czech 'At Zije prvni kosmonautka sveta'; imprint in Russian. Featuring design of Vostok-6 and (photograph) HS portrait of Valentina Tereshkova in space helmet. [orbited Earth June 1963]. Lithograph, col. offset, 57 x 85 cm. In frame 67x95x2cm

More money. More fun. If you don't smoke

Public Health & Hygiene

1966

Poster with an anti-smoking message, featuring an image of a young woman surrounded by a range of consumer goods and the message 'More money. More fun. If you don't smoke', prepared for the Ministry of Health by the Central Office of Information, London, England, 1966

HST power car

Locomotives and Rolling Stock

1972

Diesel power car, British Railways, No 41001, prototype High Speed Train power car, built 1972.

EMI CT brain scanner

Radiomedicine

1970-1971

EMI CT brain scanner, installed at Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Wimbledon in 1971 (the first used clinically), by EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, 1970-1971.

Nordmende Spectra Color Studio Television Receiver

Television

1967-1970

Spectra Colour Studio television receiver, manufactured by Nordmende 1967-1970, Germany. Features four picture tubes, one colour and three monochrome.

Haemoglobin model

Biochemistry

1967

Haemoglobin model, with four movable sections, built in 1967, by Max Perutz

DEC PDP-8 minicomputer, 1965.

Computing & Data Processing

1965

Digital Equipment Corporation PDP - 8 minicomputer serial no.857, 1965

Spirit of the Southern

Pictorial Collection (Railway)

1969, about

Painting, acrylic on canvas, British Railways, Southern Region, 'Spirit of the Southern', viaduct, train and Downs, by Harry Stevens. A contemporary depiction of a commuter train passing over a viaduct, surrounded by a number of hills beyond which is the sea. The linear portrayal of the train and track contrast with the exaggerated undulation of the hills, fields and clouds. Commissioned by L.W Ibbotson General Manager of the Southern Region in 1969 to promote the 'Southern into the Seventies' campaign. Framed 1970.

Keracolor Sphere TV set

Television

1970

Keracolor Sphere TV set, made in 1970 by Group Systems (Keracolor) Ltd, Northwich, with associated archive material.

Rotative Compound Beam Engine, 1881

Pumping Machinery

1968-1971

Annotated 1/2 inch scale model (1:24) of a compound beam pumping engine by Worthington-Simpson Ltd, 1881, originally built for the West Middlesex Waterworks, Hammersmith, London.

Kodak Instamatic 50 camera

Photographic Technology

1963

Solid body camera for 126 cartridge film 26x26mm. Meniscus lens, fixed aperture. Two speed shutter bright/hazy sun-flash. Direct vision optical finder. Lever wind. Shoe flash contacts. Overall: 62 mm x 105 mm x 50 mm.

Couch unit for EMI brain scanner

Radiomedicine

1970-1971

Couch Unit for EMI CT brain scanner, installed at the Atkinson Morley's Hospital, Wimbledon in 1971 (the first used clinically), by EMI, Hayes, Middlesex, 1970-1971.

Pye Bantam radio telephone set, 1963-1965

Radio Communication

1963-1965

One Pye Bantam radio telephone set, labelled as 'Museum A', made by Pye Telecommunication Limited, Cambridge, England, 1963-1965

Waterloo Station

Terence Tenison Cuneo

1967

Painting. [Waterloo Station] / by Terence Cuneo, May 1967. Signed and dated bl. Painted on site in the Science Museum, with the assistance of Anthony Kerr. Perspective view of the concourse of Waterloo Station, London, as seen from the first floor British Rail Southern Region Board Room windows. Includes both steam and diesel locomotives, porters, cars, passengers, indicator board and clock; relatives, artist and politicians of the day amongst the travelling public. General activity any day in the early 1960s

Analogue music synthesizer.

Acoustics

1970

VCS 3 music synthesizer made by Electronic Music Studios, London Limited, London, England, 1970

Minovlar ED combined monophasic contraceptive pills

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1970

Combined monophasic contraceptive pills, "Minovlar ED", 2 wallets each with pill packet and instruction booklet, 1970

Crash helmet, made for child affected by the drug thalidomide

Orthopaedics

1967-1972

'Crash helmet', used by Eddie Freeman, a child affected by the drug thalidomide, made at The Limb Fitting Centre, London, 1967-1972

Honda C100 motorcycle

Road Transport

1965

Honda C100 motorcycle, 1965. In 1958 Honda launched the Super Cub or C100 in Japan, introducing a new generation of light motorcycles that offered a level of comfort and performance not found in 50cc mopeds and scooters. By doing this Honda created a new market selling motorcycles to people who would never have considered buying one before. This is an example the basic C100 that was introduced to the UK in 1962. By this stage Honda had already achieved massive success around the world with the C100, selling 167,000 in 1959, more than 50% of Hondas output. In 1963 Honda had become the world’s largest motorcycle manufactures and by 1982 they had sold over 14 million Super Cubs.

Pair of artificial legs for a child affected by the drug thalidomide

Orthopaedics

1968-1972

Pair of artificial legs, used by Eddie Freeman, a child affected by the drug thalidomide, made at the Roehampton Limb Fitting Centre, London, 1967-1972

GXC-40 cassette recorder

Domestic Appliances

c.1972

GXC-40 stereo cassette recorder, made by Akai Electric Co. Ltd, Tokyo, c.1972.

Packaging for a box of polio vaccine, England, 1964-1966

Public Health & Hygiene

1964-1966

External packaging sleeve for box of poliomyelitis vaccine, in five 10 dose containers, by Glaxo Laboratories Ltd, Greenford, England, 1964-1966

Molecular model showing the structure of insulin

Biotechnology

1967

Model, one of two, made by Dorothy M. Crowfoot Hodgkin c.1967, to show the structure of 2 zinc pig insulin crystals at a resolution of 2.8A

Knochenhauer spirals, 1963

Radio Communication

1963

Set of Knochenhauer spirals, replica of originals in Deutsches Museum, made by the Science Museum, South Kensington, London, England1963.

Portable "Spinney" transistor radio by Perdio Radi

Radio Communication

1965

Portable "Spinney" transistor radio by Perdio Radio Co., England, 1965.

Bookmakers settling machine, Genie 247. 8 digit display

Computing & Data Processing

1972

Bookmakers settling machine, Genie 247. 8 digit display - vacuum-fluorescent tube, with an additional window for a 7-segment display. 4 function and betting functions. Made in England. 1972.

Pritchards DDT Insect Spray.

Industrial Chemistry

1970

Pritchards DDT Insect Spray. Small rectangular can with metal circular lid. Manufactured by Robert's Laboratories Ltd.

Trident 3B 'G-AWZP' aircraft

Aeronautics

1970-1972

Trident 3B 'G-AWZP' aircraft flight deck and nose, made by Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd, Hatfield, c.1971.

CO2 gas-powered artificial arms, Roehampton, England, 1963

Orthopaedics

1963

Early pair of CO2 gas powered prostheses for a very young child born with very short upper limbs (phocomelia) due to Thalidomide. Plastic arms and forearms with spade-like hands. Friction joints permitting abduction and rotation at the shoulders and rotation and flexion at the elbows respectively. The limbs were positioned by an Occupational Therapist and fixed by tightening the large slotted screws, with the aid of a coin. When the two elbows are set at 900 and the front valve is activated the hands come together. Likewise the hands part when the rear valve is activated. Each valve is connected, by a nylon cord, to a leather waist belt (or lower limb prostheses if worn). Forward bending of the trunk opens the rear valve and the reverse movement causes the front valve to operate. N.B. Limbs such as these, were worn for short training periods each day until the child could progress to more sophisticated prostheses. Made by Steeper 1963.

Submerged repeater amplifier, 1967

Telecommunications

1967

5MHZ submerged repeater amplifier, made by Standard Telephones and Cables Limited, England, 1967.

Globtik Tokyo

Water Transport

c. 1972

Scale Model 1:100 of the ULCC (ultra large crude carrier) Globtik Tokyo

Raleigh Moulton bicycle, MK 3

Road Transport

1970

Raleigh Moulton bicycle, MK 3, 1970

Socata Rallye MS 880B G-AYTA

Aeronautics

1971

Socata Rallye MS 880B G-AYTA aircraft made in, France, c.1971

Model of Richard Seifert’s NatWest Tower.1:250 scale

Building Construction

1970-1971

Model of Richard Seifert’s NatWest Tower.1:250 scale. 1971

Éclair NPR 16mm cine camera

Cinematography

1967

Eclair 16 NPR cine camera. 16mm Eclair camera body, camera No CJ77, Serial Number 3779; with Perfectone Compact motor attached, Serial Number 7691; 400 foot film magazine CJ80; eyepiece right angle viewfinder Serial Number 1209; Angenieux 12-120 zoom lens Type 10x12B 12mm f/12, by P Angenieux, Paris, Serial No 141235, with on-board fluid attachment; Cooke Kinetal 9mm f/1.9 wide angle lens, Serial Number 747284, by Taylor, Taylor & Hobson; 25mm Bell & Howell Angenieux fast lens Serial Number 1307829; Tiffen professional lens shade/filter holder, No 1 Diopter, No 85 filter, zoom bars, fuses. Finder Serial No 1209, lens Serial No 1412315, collar No 12A, A Chroszle, Munich, Serial No 3742.